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The Single UNIX &reg; Specification, Version 2<br>
Copyright &copy; 1997 The Open Group

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<h4><a name = "tag_000_007_1324">&nbsp;</a>NAME</h4><blockquote>
pthread_detach - detach a thread
</blockquote><h4><a name = "tag_000_007_1325">&nbsp;</a>SYNOPSIS</h4><blockquote>
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#include &lt;<a href="pthread.h.html">pthread.h</a>&gt;

int pthread_detach(pthread_t <i>thread</i>);
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</blockquote><h4><a name = "tag_000_007_1326">&nbsp;</a>DESCRIPTION</h4><blockquote>
The
<i>pthread_detach()</i>
function is used to indicate to the implementation that storage
for the thread
<i>thread</i>
can be reclaimed when that thread terminates.
If
<i>thread</i>
has not terminated,
<i>pthread_detach()</i>
will not cause it to terminate.
The effect of multiple
<i>pthread_detach()</i>
calls on the same target thread is unspecified.
</blockquote><h4><a name = "tag_000_007_1327">&nbsp;</a>RETURN VALUE</h4><blockquote>
If the call succeeds,
<i>pthread_detach()</i>
returns 0.
Otherwise, an error number is returned to indicate the error.
</blockquote><h4><a name = "tag_000_007_1328">&nbsp;</a>ERRORS</h4><blockquote>
The 
<i>pthread_detach()</i>
function will fail if:
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<dt>[EINVAL]<dd>
The implementation has detected that the value specified by
<i>thread</i>
does not refer to a joinable thread.

<dt>[ESRCH]<dd>
No thread could be found corresponding to that specified
by the given thread ID.

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The
<i>pthread_detach()</i>
function will not return an error code of [EINTR].
</blockquote><h4><a name = "tag_000_007_1329">&nbsp;</a>EXAMPLES</h4><blockquote>
None.
</blockquote><h4><a name = "tag_000_007_1330">&nbsp;</a>APPLICATION USAGE</h4><blockquote>
None.
</blockquote><h4><a name = "tag_000_007_1331">&nbsp;</a>FUTURE DIRECTIONS</h4><blockquote>
None.
</blockquote><h4><a name = "tag_000_007_1332">&nbsp;</a>SEE ALSO</h4><blockquote>
<i><a href="pthread_join.html">pthread_join()</a></i>,
<i><a href="pthread.h.html">&lt;pthread.h&gt;</a></i>.
</blockquote><h4>DERIVATION</h4><blockquote>
Derived from the POSIX Threads Extension (1003.1c-1995)
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